Leah Knibbs

Reading Time: 3 minutes As discussed in last issue’s article, 90 per cent of the time what you need to know for performance management (PM) are the four f’ing things (frequency, fodder, feedback, and followup). The remaining 10 per cent is all about critical conversations, training, and discipline and termination. Critical conversations:Talking to employees about poor performance can be […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes “Why can’t people just do what they are supposed to do?” Ah yes, the frustration of performance management. As the manager — and the human resource professional — for your farm operation, you need to manage people’s performance. Peformance management (PM) is an ongoing process, not a yearly event called a performance review, and it […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you hiring the best of the best, the best of those available, or best of the worst? Are your hiring practices a function of convenience, or sound human resource management (HRM) practices? Employees who fit with the job add value. Those who don’t may put your operation at risk (and cause many sleepless nights). […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Wages and rewards should be developed based on what motivates employees. Organizations that have low turnover and content employees often provide compensation (wages and benefits) in well-thought-out reward packages. Motivation: On a lazy Sunday afternoon, you can research the many motivation theories, such as Maslow, McClelland, Hertzberg, and Expectancy Theory, just to name a few. […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes You manage crops, livestock, machinery, money, land, and all the elements that add value to your farm operation. You also manage people. You’re a human resource (HR) manager… whether you know it, like it, or not. Are you adding value to the operation as an HR manager? Are you consciously thinking about HR management? Is […] Read more